After a light lunch at a little bar around the corner, we said goodbye to Denise and Steve. Laurie and Norma popped over to my place for a few minutes, she not knowing that I had done a painting for her birthday.
Last week I asked if I could borrow her image for a piece of work, she agreed and we had a quick sketch session in my studio. I took half a dozen photos from which I worked to complete the painting over the weekend, a loose, sketchy work in bold colour. It occured to me during the night that she may not like it, what then? Profuse apologies and start again? Would I be painting myself into a corner and spend the next 6 months reworking it, Norma behind me until I get it right? or not speaking to me again? Oh the perils of portraiture! I had forgotten what a minefield it is. I'd forgotten how intimite the whole process is, how delicate egos can be and how the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Well Norma's response was beyond my expectation and I'm thrilled.
Last week I asked if I could borrow her image for a piece of work, she agreed and we had a quick sketch session in my studio. I took half a dozen photos from which I worked to complete the painting over the weekend, a loose, sketchy work in bold colour. It occured to me during the night that she may not like it, what then? Profuse apologies and start again? Would I be painting myself into a corner and spend the next 6 months reworking it, Norma behind me until I get it right? or not speaking to me again? Oh the perils of portraiture! I had forgotten what a minefield it is. I'd forgotten how intimite the whole process is, how delicate egos can be and how the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Well Norma's response was beyond my expectation and I'm thrilled.
Stunning!
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